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  1. I’m guessing now that ticket sales are open to those with nae points, you will all have managed to get a ticket if you want one. As I have lived in Moscow for almost four years now, I thought I’d impart some of the knowledge I’ve picked up here. None of it is really earth shattering but hopefully you will find a snippet or two useful. I’ll start with arriving & getting into town, and touch on cash, after that, and for another time, if there’s interest I’ll talk about bars & restaurants. This will be focused on flying into Moscow. First things first you will most likely arrive at Sheremetyevo (SVO) or Domodedevo (DME). There is a third airport, Vnukovo (VKO) which you may pass through if you travel by one of the more esoteric routes. If you are yet to book your flight, just go for the one that offers you the best time/price combination. Each have their pros & cons. I prefer DME, but it is the slightly further out of the two. Whichever airport you fly into, you will have to go through immigration. No documents to fill, but it may take 3-5 minutes for them to check your passport. Don't get worried, they do this to everyone. They'll look you up and down a few times, look at the passport and visa with a magnifying glass, look at you again, copy your passport, flick through every page, and sometimes flick through again. I also go to the shortest queue, whatever it says above the counter. Never been told to go to another queue. I even use the diplomats queue sometimes. Doesn't mean it wont happen to you, but I've never ahd a problem. All three airports are served by the AeroExpress. Trains run every half hour, except VKO which is hourly. It is 500 Rub (£6.25) one way, 850 (£10.50) return. Journey time is 35 mins SVO, 45 mins DME and 40 mins VKO (all give or take a minute or two). This is the cheapest way into town if you are on your own, but if there are two or more of you, a taxi is the best bet. However, word of warning, DO NOT USE the taxi desks or take a ride from anyone who approaches you, even if they have a taxi driver’s badge. They will charge you whatever they think they can get away with, starting at 3000 Rub all the way up to 20,000 (£250.00). I kid you not. Use one of the taxi apps instead. Yandex or Gett Taxi are the two I use. Install both before you arrive. I lean more to Yandex these days, Gett are Getting (sorry) more expensive lately. You can put your address/hotel name in as the destination. If you’ve added your credit card details, you don’t even need to worry about cash. Do check that the app states the correct terminal, it sometimes gets mixed up at SVO between D & E terminals. Depending on the airport, actually finding your taxi once booked can be a chore, but I have never not found my driver yet. You get sent the make, model, colour & license plate. Either way the cheapest option usually starts at around 1000 RUB, while the Comfort option is about 1500 into town. Better to use this one if you have quite a bit of luggage. Most drivers do not speak English. If you take the Aero Express you will arrive at Belorusskaya Station if coming from SVO, Paveletskaya if DME and Kievskaya if VKO. All three are connected to the metro system which is fabulous. You can buy individual metro trips for 55 RUB or a Troyka Card (similar to an Oyster Card) for 50 RUB, then top it up. I usually do 500 RUB at a time which is good for 13 trips as they then only cost 38 RUB each (less than 50p). There are kiosks selling tickets or machines. The machines are usually dual language, the ladies behind the kiosks only occasionally. The metro is frequent, clean, safe, spacious and recommended. It runs till about 1am and starts long before most of you will be out of your beds. Most of it is now signed in English, making life much easier. You have the World Cup to thank for that. Announcements on the trains are also made in Russian & English on most of the lines. If you are heading towards the centre of town, they are male, if heading out of town centre, female. You may have to put bags through a scanner when entering some metro stations, in many you don’t. While on the subject of scanners, many shopping centres have metal detectors when you go in. They will expect you to put your phone in the little tray to the right before you go through, and maybe ask you to prove that it works. The same applies when you take the Aeroexpress back to the airport, and when you enter the airport. You will want to get some cash soon after you arrive, so a word of warning about the ATMs. There are plenty of them, so no worries on that front, but some will only give out limited cash in one go. I’ve seen as low as 5,000 RUB (£62.50) as the max you can get out, other times only 8,000. Another thing, if you take out 10,000 or 15,000 you will often get 3 x 5,000 notes which can be a bugger to change. Go for 9,000 or 14,000 instead. Many shops & bars struggle with giving change. If you have big notes try change them at a busier/fancier place. Another thing that should go without saying, if it offers to debit your bank in RUB or GBP, always take the RUB. Your bank will almost always give you a better rate than the ATM will. There are plenty places in town you can change money, their rates look good, but there may be a hefty commission charge on top which is not advertised. I have never actually used one here, so can’t really offer any further advice on that front. I will post this here and maybe on or two other places. Feel free to share further. Oh, and have fun. Moscow is a great city, I love it here. The locals are mostly friendly once you talk to them, although they can appear a bit soor faced at first. Any questions, feel free to ask, I can’t promise an immediate response, or even one at all, but I’ll try my best.
  2. For tourists visiting Moscow. Starts & finishes at Moscow's Sklifosovsky clinic. Made under the fair use non profit making for educational purposes, copyright act. Information on this video was sourced from Google earth, Wikipedia & online tourist sites. (Filmed by RussianPlus) a big thumb up. His YouTube link below. Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/user/RussianPlus. Originally edited for my own use. Can be used with Google earth... Some Local history added...Named Streets are Spasskaya Street 00:31 Zemlyanoy Val street 04:04 Korovy Val Street 04:30 Zhitnaya Street 04:38 Nizhnyaya Krasnokholmskaya Street Zatsepsky Val Street 05:33 Valovaya Street 07:25 Kaluzhskaya Square 09:31 Krymsky Val 09:37 Zubovsky Boulevard 10:48 Zubovskaya Square 11:13 Smolensky Boulevard 11:32 Smolenskaya-Sennaya Square 12:19 Novinsky Boulevard 13:22 Kudrinskaya Square 14:03 Sadovaya-Kudrinskaya Street 12:54 Bolshaya Sadovaya Street 16:31 Triumphalnaya Square 17:13 Sadovaya-Triumfalnaya Street 17:40 Sadovaya-Karetnaya Street 18:52 Sadovaya-Samotyochnaya Street 19:19 Samotyochnaya Square 19:53 Sadovaya-Sukharevskaya Street 20:10 Sadovaya- ((Accuracy as good as the source))
  3. I wonder if anyone can confirm to me what the transit regulations are for Moscow Sheremetyevo airport I was due to fly Edinburgh - Amsterdam Amsterdam - Moscow Sheremetyevo Moscow Sheremetyevo- Yerevan Yesterday I was refused entry on to a KLM flight at Edinburgh airport as they said I needed a transit visa for my 3hour 5minute stop in Moscow. I booked my trip with KLM and it was all on one ticket, although the flights from Amsterdam onwards to Yerevan were operated by Aeroflot. I researched all requirements using the Sheremetyevo airport website, the Arroflot website aswell as general travel sites such as Trip Advisor etc and all came back with the same outcome. As long as I didn't leave the airport and stayed airside I would not need a transit visa I have since been in touch with Russian tour offices and they too are saying what has already been confirmed I have launched a compensation file against KLM through there website but it says it could take up to two weeks before they get round to my case. Not only am I looking for refunds for my flight but I am also looking for my accommodation to be reimbursed which I had to cancel at full cost Can anyone confirm whether the above is standard procedure and that I did not need a transit visa and also could someone be kind enough to tell me how easy it is to claim flight refunds and accommodation costs back from KLM or if it's easier just to take legal action Thanks
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